INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS SINCE 1984

Forty years of cutting-edge publishing

Synergetic Press is more than a publisher. Books, both print and digital, are only part of our mission to promote mindful discussion of humankind’s present and future lives as stewards of this planet.

For almost 40 years, we’ve published unique and paradigm-shifting ideas in subjects such as ecology, sustainability, cultural studies, social justice, consciousness, and psychedelics that inspire both individual and social change. In part, the press arose to fill the void of information about these topics.

The roots of the press extend back to the artists and ecologists who founded the Theater of All Possibilies at Synergia Ranch in the late 60s and the Institute of Ecotechnics (IE) in 1973, collectives that fused the values of the arts, ecology, and enterprise. Synergetic Press published plays and conference proceedings in those early years. Synergia Ranch, a regenerative farm and retreat center established in 1969 outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico serves as home base for the Institute, as well as the Press.

Through this close connection to the Institute and its other affiliates, include the landmark Biosphere 2 project, publishing books on biospherics, we have found ourselves in community with poets and artists, researchers, thinkers, and changemakers who pondered the inner depths of their consciousness and the explore the workings of our natural world.

We go beyond the book, hosting a number of symposiums and events both locally and internationally. Learn more on our youtube channel and exploring our History page.

Dare to Dream

For over forty years, we have published the thinkers, dreamers, and pioneers who refused to stay within the lines. From ecologists and ethnobotanists to psychedelic researchers and poets. Ours is a history built on curiosity, courage, and an unshakeable belief that the right idea, given the right home, can change everything.

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THE Publisher

A press born from vision

Deborah Parrish Snyder established Synergetic Press as a trade book publisher in 1984. She spearheaded the operations of the Press with grace and tenacity, seeing possibility where other mainstream publishers would not go. Four decades later, that original vision remains the heartbeat of everything we do stays aligned to her mission.

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Our Mission

We publish to expand our thoughts. Synergetic Press exists to advance transformative ideas on ecology, consciousness, social justice, and our relationship with the living world. Every book we publish is an act of belief that the right idea can shift worlds and we stand at the forefront of those pioneering ideas, serving as a blueprint for this planetary shift.

Our Vision

We believe the next chapter of human culture will be written by the people asking the hardest questions. Our vision is to gather those voices, from the frontiers of ecology, consciousness, and psychedelic research, and give them a platform that honors their legacy. Together, they are mapping a more awake, more connected and more regenerative world.